Digital Reprographics is the scanning, plotting, storing and printing of large documents. It is the newest technology that falls under the reprographics umbrella!

Scanning is the conversion of hardcopy drawings to a digital raster format that may be stored for future recall or immediate viewing and printed. If stored, a file may reside on a hard drive or on a transportable magnetic medium (floppy disk, CD, Zip disks, etc.) Scanned files can be saved in the following formats TLC TILED, CAL CALS GROUP 4, TIF TIFF GROUP 4, and PCX MONOCHROME. Scanning resolution of 100DPI to 400DPI may be selected.

Plotting is the conversion of a file to a bond, vellum or mylar hardcopy and is usually associated with a single hardcopy output. Prior to plotting, the documents may be viewed, manipulated and scaled. Plotting files are best set-up in HPGL/2 PLT, GROUP 4 TIF, GROUP 4 CAL, ZSOFT PCX, TILED G4, or KIP TLC formats.

Printing implies multiple copies usually on bond paper and collated into sets. Digital printing provides great versatility when revisions must be inserted and drawing order changed. The imaging process is fast and produces a true 400 DPI quality print.

Digital Reprographic features include:

• Scan and archive documents to magnetic medium

• 5% to 3600% digital zoom in 0.01% increments

• Configure 256 pens using 250 line widths and 16 gray scales

• Electronic collation of drawings up to 500 prints per set

• Mirror imaging

• Image reversal